palimpsest
noun
a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
palimpsestic
-
a word derived from
palimpsest.
Example Sentences
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We drifted through the Callejón de Hamel, an alleyway covered in palimpsestic layers of Afro-Cuban street art by Salvador González — inscribed bathtubs embedded in walls, bright murals of bodies entangled in dance.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2018
